Brookdale vs Orangeburg

A side-by-side comparison of Brookdale and Orangeburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Brookdale and Orangeburg are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Orangeburg has the higher population (13,189 vs 4,061 in Brookdale). Brookdale has the higher median household income ($34,279 vs $33,066 in Orangeburg). Orangeburg has the higher median home value ($145,000 vs $85,400 in Brookdale).

Population, income & housing

	Brookdale	Orangeburg
Population	4,061	13,189
Median age	33.4 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$34,279	$33,066
Median home value	$85,400	$145,000
Median gross rent	$711	$765
Housing units	2,383	6,219
Homeownership rate	47.9%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	14.7%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookdale	Orangeburg
Population	4,674 → 4,061 (-13.1%)	12,861 → 13,189 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$24,830 → $34,279 (+38.1%)	$31,455 → $33,066 (+5.1%)
Median home value	$77,000 → $85,400 (+10.9%)	$105,600 → $145,000 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$610 → $711 (+16.6%)	$699 → $765 (+9.4%)

Brookdale

Population

4,6744,061

Median household income

$24,830$34,279

Median home value

$77,000$85,400

Median gross rent

$610$711

Orangeburg

Population

12,86113,189

Median household income

$31,455$33,066

Median home value

$105,600$145,000

Median gross rent

$699$765

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookdale	Orangeburg
Under 5	6.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.5%	9.1%
18 to 24	10.2%	24.1%
25 to 34	21.4%	8.3%
35 to 44	8.2%	11.4%
45 to 54	5.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	15.5%	12.3%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.8%
75 and over	5.6%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookdale	Orangeburg
White (non-Hispanic)	1.1%	23.2%
Black or African American	98.5%	73.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookdale	Orangeburg
No high school diploma	31.1%	18.3%
High school graduate	27.6%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookdale	Orangeburg
Drove alone	80.2%	74.6%
Carpooled	4.5%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	3.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	8.9%
Other means	0.3%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookdale	Orangeburg
1-unit, detached	48.5%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	27.9%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	5.7%
20 or more units	1.3%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	27.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Brookdale	Orangeburg
Poverty rate	36.1%	31.5%
Average household size	2.54	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1978	1968